“You’re a patronising git, aren’t you?” said Steph McGovern to a supercilious Jeremy Paxman on the opening episode to the new series of Have I Got News For You. As guest host, Paxman isn’t the first man to talk down to a female panellist, and it seems he won’t be the last. That being said, […]
Desert Island Discs
Desert Island Discs with Tristan Gatward
Hey Tristan! How did you go about choosing the songs? Where do I start? There was a long list of around 80 songs, which after a week of sleepless nights I’d manage to whittle down to 60. I couldn’t begin to say how it eventually turned into eight. As a poet with just a bit […]
Desert Island Discs with Jim Atherton
Hey Jim, how did you go about choosing the songs? I wish I could be cool and say that this was off the cuff, but alas, there was a strict system. My provisional list was 42 songs and every track that was culled from that cut like a dagger through the heart. What are […]
Desert Island Discs with Joe Stewart
Hey Joe! How did you go about choosing the songs? The songs chose me. But really, I just scrolled through some playlists and some memories, and I picked the best of the bunch. You spent a year away at the College of William & Mary near Richmond, VA. Was there a big music scene there? […]
Desert Island Discs with Katie Costello
Hey Katie! How did you go about choosing the songs? I’ve taken this really quite seriously. If I’m on this island forever, and I only have eight songs to listen to for the rest of my life, the main priority is that I can’t get annoyed with the songs I’ve picked. I need songs that […]
Desert Island Discs with Matt Hacke, PearShaped
Hey Matt! How did you go about choosing your songs? I gave it a lot of thought actually! I thought about what I’d like to listen to if I was stranded. I imagine I’d be pretty unhinged on the island, a bit like Tom Hanks in Castaway rather than Robinson Crusoe. So I chose the […]